Privacy Policy
Effective Date: June 15, 2025
Welcome to Find Notary Now (http://findnotarynow.com). Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you visit our website. By using this website, you agree to the terms outlined below.
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: http://findnotarynow.com. We are an informational directory service designed to help users find notarial services. We are not legal professionals and do not offer legal advice.
2. Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address, timestamp, and browser user agent string to help with spam detection, troubleshooting, and abuse prevention.
An anonymized string (also called a hash) may be created from your email address and shared with the Gravatar service to display your profile image, if applicable. Gravatar’s privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture and comment will be publicly visible.
We reserve the right to remove any comment that is offensive, unlawful, or violates the rights of others without notice.
3. Media Uploads
If you upload images to the website (e.g. via a user profile or comment), please ensure they do not contain embedded EXIF GPS location data. Visitors to the website may download and extract location information from images if it is included.
4. Cookies
Our site uses cookies to improve user experience, track behavior, and enhance functionality. Specifically:
- If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last one year.
- Visiting the login page sets a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded after you close your browser.
- Upon login, several cookies are set to save your login and display preferences:
- Login cookies last 2 days.
- Screen preference cookies last 1 year.
- “Remember Me” login persists for 2 weeks.
- Logging out removes all login cookies.
- If you edit or publish an article, a cookie is saved with the post ID. This cookie contains no personal data and expires after 24 hours.
By continuing to browse our website, you consent to the use of cookies. You may disable cookies in your browser settings, but some parts of the site may not function correctly.
5. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Our articles may include embedded content (e.g., YouTube videos, Google Maps, external articles). Embedded content behaves the same as if you visited those third-party websites directly.
These websites may collect data about you, use their own cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interactions—especially if you’re logged into those services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party sites and strongly recommend reviewing their privacy policies.
6. Data Sharing
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to third parties.
The only time your information may be shared is in the following cases:
- Password reset: Your IP address may be included in the reset email for verification and security purposes.
- Spam detection: Comments may be scanned by automated spam detection services such as Akismet.
- Legal obligations: We may disclose personal data if required to do so by law or in response to valid legal requests (e.g., subpoena or court order).
- Security investigations: If we suspect a user is attempting to hack, spam, or damage the site or another user, we reserve the right to investigate and report IP addresses to authorities or cybersecurity platforms.
7. Data Retention
We retain the following data:
- Comments and metadata: Indefinitely, to approve future comments automatically.
- User accounts (if any): Personal data entered into profiles is stored securely. Users can edit or delete this data at any time (except usernames).
- Backups: We may store website backups that include your data, which are encrypted and secured.
8. Your Data Rights
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you have the right to:
- Request an export of your personal data in a machine-readable format.
- Request deletion of any personal data we hold about you (excluding data retained for administrative, legal, or security obligations).
Please send such requests to: privacy@findnotarynow.com
We reserve the right to verify your identity before processing data requests.
9. Data Security
We implement a range of technical and organizational security measures, including HTTPS encryption, security plugins, IP monitoring, and access restrictions, to protect your data from unauthorized access, misuse, or loss.
However, no method of online transmission or storage is 100% secure. By using our site, you accept this risk.
10. Children’s Privacy
Our website is not intended for users under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors. If you believe a child has provided personal information, please contact us immediately.
11. Liability Disclaimer
By using this website, you agree that Find Notary Now is not responsible for any third-party misuse of your data or any damage arising from:
- User-submitted content or files
- Website downtime or errors
- Third-party links or embedded content
- Actions taken based on directory listings
We do not guarantee the accuracy of listings or the availability of any notarial services referenced on this site.
12. Policy Changes
We reserve the right to update or change this Privacy Policy at any time. Changes will be posted on this page, and the “Effective Date” at the top will be updated. Your continued use of the website after such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new policy.
13. Contact Us
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding your personal data or this Privacy Policy, please contact: